Europa Universalis IV

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Strategy
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Paradox Development
Release Date: Aug. 13, 2013

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'Europa Universalis IV' King of Kings Immersion Pack Coming In November - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 17, 2023 @ 11:40 a.m. PDT

Your dreams of leading a global empire have laid dormant for too long. Europa Universalis IV brings those dreams to life with unprecedented flexibility, new options for imperial management, and the deep commitment to historical gameplay.

Europa Universalis IV: Domination, the most popular nations get a complete makeover with new historical color. New mission trees for the great powers (the Ottoman Empire, Ming China, France, Russia, and more) change the types of alternate histories available.

Many nations get new military units, political Estates to manage, and dozens of historical events that make the history of the early modern world come vividly to life.

The story of the early modern world is largely the story of imperial growth and colliding ambitions. England, France and Spain battle for power in a New World to fuel hegemony in the Old World. The established Ottomans are confronted by a new rising power in Russia. In Asia, the old Chinese and Japanese empires fight centuries of inertia in search of centralized authority. Now, in Europa Universalis IV: Domination, you can rediscover the histories of these great powers with updated historical detail.

Domination is a new expansion pack for Paradox Interactive’s classic grand strategy game about the rise and fall of empires from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolutions. In Domination, many of the most popular and powerful nations are getting updated mission trees and other historical details, in an add-on with true global reach and multiple new alternate histories.


The great nations of the East look back on better days. Constantinople is no longer the center of a mighty empire. In Cairo, the Mamluks struggle to keep pace with an ascendant power to the north. And, in the plains and mountains of Persia, the Iranian people are divided among many petty kings. Reclaim the mantle of empire and restore your nation to greatness in King of Kings, a new Immersion Pack for Europa Universalis IV.

On November 06, join thousands of other armchair emperors in rewriting the history of Persia, the Mamluk Sultanate, the Byzantine Empire and many other minor nations. Paradox Interactive’s flagship grand strategy game about the early modern world adds even more historical flavor in King of Kings, a pack devoted to the historic non-Ottoman powers between the Eastern Mediterranean and India. With hundreds of new missions and dozens of other changes, King of Kings is a substantial addition to Europa Universalis IV, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary since release.

Europa Universalis IV: King of Kings includes major updates for:

Persia:

  • Use the influence of Persian art and culture to bring neighbouring kingdoms into your orbit.
  • Over 70 new National Missions
  • Unique mission choices depending on the state religion - Sunni, Shia or Zoroastrian - as well as Centers of Reformation and other ways to expand the faith.
  • New National Idea sets, unique Government Reforms and unique Estates and agendas.
Mamluk Egypt:
  • Over 30 new National Missions
  • New Diplomatic options including exporting Egyptian grain and promoting the Hajj.
  • Unique Mamluk Government Reforms, Mercenary Companies and Estate Privileges.
  • Option to Westernize Egypt.
Byzantine Empire:
  • Over 60 new National Missions
  • Unique Government Reforms and Estate Privileges
  • New Subject type - the Pronoia
  • Over 50 new Byzantine themed events and 10 new Decisions
There are also changes for:
  • Armenia and Georgia: Two Christian kingdoms, pinned between rising empires
  • Arabia and Yemen: Competing powers on the Arabian peninsula, guarding the holy sites of Islam and the trade routes to India.
  • Ardabil: A major seat of Iranian culture, and the origin state of modern Persia/Iran.
  • Aq Qoyunlu and Qara Qoyunlu: Turkmen middle powers resisting Ottoman expansion before the unification of Persia.
Europa Universalis IV: King of Kings will be available on 06 November 2023, and can be pre-ordered now for the suggested retail price of 14.99$ / 14.99€ / 12.99£.

Europa Universalis IV: Domination includes new national mission trees and features for:

  • The Ottoman Empire: A revised conquest tree with new rewards for pushing Ottoman dominance, including expansion through the new Eyalet system, and new internal changes, such as the new Janissary estate and the ‘Ottoman Power Struggle’.
  • China: Different mission trees for the Han Ming and invader empires like the Qing. Choose between expansion and Inward Perfection, and counter the power of the Eunuchs to build a more stable empire.
  • Japan: Unite Japan as you deal with the power of the Shogun and the independent Daimyos. Choose to open the country to foreign influence or keep it isolated, while deciding upon different paths of expansion and reform.
  • Russia: Free your country of the Tatar Yoke, and transform it into a Great Empire. Choose the path of Peter’s reforms to modernize the state, so your mission tree as well as your mechanics will change and evolve as the game progresses. Use the power of Cossacks and Streltsy to expand your Empire to East and West.
  • Spain: Expanded mission trees for Castile and Aragon, with different paths to form Spain, a new mechanic available for the new ‘Hispanic Monarchy’ government, and decisions about the Army and Navy to get the mighty Tercios and Spanish Armada.
  • France: Fight the end of the Hundred Years War, centralize France into an absolute monarchy while dealing with the Wars of Religion, expand into Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, and lead the Revolution through an expanded mission tree.
  • Great Britain: Separate paths for either a British Empire or an Angevin Britain, as well as a deeper internal gameplay, with unique features for the English Parliament  and changes to the English Civil War disaster.
  • Minor nations: Mission changes, new government mechanics and expanded flavor for Prussia, Portugal and Korea.

Domination also includes new art and music alongside a rich menu of new historical detail, adding more flavorful estates, reforms, special units and events to the leading powers.

Europa Universalis IV is available for PC (Steam).


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